Now here's something different: piano-led emo pop. ThinkingDayRally were from Tampa, active in the early 2000s. They stuck around long enough to release a single minialbum\EP, and that appears to be it. Their sound isn't too far from some of the gentler tracks off Something To Write Home About or similar works, save for that prominent piano, which drives the music instead of being an accent for it. In some ways this recalls the work of bands like Straylight Run, though ThinkingDayRally are less polished than that, and less interested in mainstream hooks; in delivery, these guys are often closer to Karate than Something Corporate. This is the easy-listening version of emo pop, and honestly, it does stretch the definition on its face. You have to really listen to the guitar and the song structure to realize that these are emo pop songs played as gently as possible—emo pop for the elevator, maybe.
The band's sole release is into the blue room, released in 2000. In 2002, one of the album's tracks would find its way onto The Emo Philips Diaries: From Tampa To Eternity compilation, which features some other Florida emo bands, including Pohgoh, Hankshaw, and The Maccabees.
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